She became a good sort of meme and got a lifelong nickname: “Ichiro Girl.” The original moment, immortalized in a broadcast clip that spread across baseball forums and social media ...

Ichiro debuted in Major League Baseball in 2001 with the Seattle Mariners, the first Japanese position player to span the Pacific and an instant star. Right-handed pitcher Hideo Nomo preceded him ...

Ichiro is expected to sail into the Hall of Fame when election results are revealed on Jan. 21, with the only question being whether he’ll be inducted unanimously. / Chuck Solomon/Sports ...

And then there's Ichiro. He keeps his bats in a humidor. Two humidors, actually. He has a large metal case that holds 10 bats and is kept inside a locked room in the Mariners clubhouse and he has ...

Ichiro Suzuki fell one vote short of becoming the second player ever elected into the Hall of Fame unanimously. Whether he deserved that honor is debatable, but his greatness is not. To mark the ...